Oh my god! Why is the boss such a clingy person?

Zhou Cheng bought the nearest high-speed train and returned home, to his hometown Yingjiang, which he had not been to for almost two years. Last year, he was scheduled to work the night shift on New Year's Eve. The reason was simple: everyone else in the department had a wife and children, and he was the only single person. It was an unreasonable but reasonable reason. Zhou Cheng didn't want to figure out the twists and turns here. He consoled himself that it was good not to go home for the New Year, so as to avoid being urged to get married by all kinds of relatives, known and unknown. Moreover, every New Year and holiday is a nightmare for hepatobiliary surgery, with cholecystitis and pancreatitis coming one after another. The Spring Festival holiday was spent by him seeing patients for surgery day and night.

This year's Spring Festival is probably about the same. Zhou Cheng made a quick decision and took advantage of his vacation to go home and visit.

Zhou Cheng's parents are both university teachers, and now they are nearing retirement and have little work to do. When Zhou Cheng took out the key to open the door, he saw his mother pruning flowers and his father grinding ink to prepare for writing.

"Old Zhou! Mingming is back!" Mother Zhou put down the scissors in her hand and walked quickly to the entrance.

"Mom and Dad, I brought back some local specialties." Zhou Cheng said while changing his shoes.

Father Zhou took off his reading glasses and walked out of the study.

"Why didn't you tell me you were coming back? I haven't even cooked dinner yet." Mother Zhou took the gift box from Zhou Cheng's hand and put it aside.

"Corey was originally planning to go out for a week, but his boss suddenly had something to do, so we were free to move around." Zhou Cheng hugged his mother and opened his arms to his father who came over.

"The older you get, the more clingy you become?" Zhou's father's usually serious face relaxed a little, but he did not respond to Zhou Cheng's hug.

"What's wrong with your face?" Mother Zhou asked worriedly when she saw his red and swollen left cheek.

"I accidentally fell while skiing this morning. I'm fine."

Zhou Cheng was in such a hurry to come out that he didn't even think of looking at his face. When he saw himself in the mirror under the pretext of washing his hands, he realized how clumsy the lie he had just told was.

This kid is too cruel, isn't he?

The warm and harmonious family atmosphere lasted until the end of dinner. When the three of them sat in the living room, watching TV and eating fruit, the old topic came up again.

"It's not that I don't want to date, it's just that I'm too busy with work and I don't want to find someone in the same industry." Zhou Cheng knew that this topic would be brought up sooner or later, so he tried to speak calmly.

"When you meet someone you like, you will find time to talk no matter how busy you are at work." Mother Zhou hit the nail on the head.

Well, that's true, but where is that person?

Zhou Cheng changed his posture and tried to support his cheek with his hand, but a dull pain made him frown.

"You should go to the hospital. It seems to be more swollen than before." Mother Zhou said with concern.

"Have you forgotten what your son does?" Zhou's father suddenly interrupted.

Zhou Cheng still went to the hospital. His purpose was not to see Xiao Han's face, but to ask who Xiao Han was going to marry. He couldn't lie to another girl.

Zhou Cheng was looking at the layout map on the first floor of the inpatient department of Yingjiang Central Hospital.

"Hello, which department do you want to study?" a sweet voice sounded beside me.

"Oh, hepatobiliary surgery?" Zhou Cheng turned around and saw a young girl dressed as a nurse, looking at him with a smile.

Zhou Cheng was not sure which department Xiao Han was in now, but he was in hepatobiliary surgery when they broke up.

"The hepatobiliary surgery department is on the 17th floor. Are you coming to see relatives or friends?" It was obvious that the young nurse wanted to chat more.

"Yes, thank you." Zhou Cheng nodded to her and left.

It was past 9 p.m., and there were not many people in the elevator. Zhou Cheng continued to study the department layout map posted in the elevator, planning to either go to the hepatobiliary surgery department or go downstairs to the gastrointestinal surgery department.

"Hello, is Doctor Xiao Han here?" Zhou Cheng walked to the nurse's station and asked the nurse on duty. As expected, he saw the nurse's eyes light up and she smiled like a flower.

"Doctor Xiao is in surgery and should be leaving soon. What do you want to see him about?"

"I am his friend."

"Then you can sit at the nurse station for a while, or go to the doctor's duty room and wait for Dr. Xiao."

Zhou Cheng sometimes felt that he should be grateful for the face his parents gave him, which was like a universal pass, but this face was really painful now. Zhou Cheng touched his left cheek, which was red, swollen, hot and painful, and then pushed open the door of the doctor's duty room.

There was a man sitting on a chair in the duty room, typing something on the computer with a serious look on his face.

Doctor working overtime?

Zhou Cheng was stunned for a moment. After all, he sometimes didn't wear a white coat when writing medical records in the duty room.

"Hello, I'm here to see Xiao Han. If it's not convenient, I'll go out and wait for you." Zhou Cheng said and was about to go out.

"What do you want to do with Xiao Han?" The other person raised his eyebrows and asked him with a strong aura, as if he was interrogating him.

Zhou Cheng gritted his teeth, wondering why he always encountered these firecrackers that caught fire at the slightest touch. Finally, considering that this was Xiao Han's department, he didn't want to cause trouble for him, and swallowed his anger.

"Classmates, let's reminisce." Zhou Cheng said this and turned to leave the duty room.

"Zhou Cheng! Why are you here? I just got off the stage and the nurse told me someone was looking for me. I thought it was a patient's family member." Xiao Han almost bumped into Zhou Cheng when he opened the door.

It’s this “old classmate” again. He called yesterday and showed up today?

Feng Junchi stood up, tapped his fingers on the table quickly, and stared at Xiao Han without saying a word.

What the fuck is going on?

Xiao Han cursed inwardly when he saw Feng Junchi. This was not the scene he had expected for their meeting.

"Brother Chi, this is my classmate Zhou Cheng, the doctor who will perform surgery on my father next week. He is taking advantage of his vacation to come and take a look at the details." Xiao Han walked around Zhou Cheng and came to Feng Junchi, then tugged at his sleeve.

Zhou Cheng immediately understood the situation, closed the door, walked over and extended his hand to Feng Junchi.

Feng Junchi's expression didn't change and he shook hands with Zhou Cheng.

"Let's go and eat. I'm starving." After changing his clothes, Xiao Han pushed Feng Junchi out, then shook his head slightly at Zhou Cheng.

They went to the casserole porridge restaurant next to the hospital.

"Zhou Cheng, you're not in a hurry to leave, are you? I'll treat you to a big meal tomorrow, so just make do with this for today."

Xiao Han and Feng Junchi sat on one side, and Zhou Cheng sat opposite them.

"You guys eat, I've eaten at home." Zhou Cheng looked at Xiao Han's boyfriend and found that he was also looking at him. Neither of them avoided looking at each other, just looking at each other blatantly.

"This is my boyfriend Feng Junchi, a lawyer, now working as a legal officer in the company." Xiao Han felt that the atmosphere was getting heated, so he spoke quickly. "This is Zhou Cheng, my college classmate, now working in the First Affiliated Hospital of our school, also specializing in hepatobiliary medicine."

"Doctor Zhou, I'm sorry to bother you with my father's surgery in a few days." Feng Junchi said to Zhou Cheng solemnly.

"It's a small matter. No trouble." Zhou Cheng picked up the water cup and took a sip of water, thinking that these two people, a hellish combination, could get together and fall in love. It must be true love.

In the end, Zhou Cheng did not ask what happened at Xiao Han's wedding. After exchanging contact information with Feng Junchi, they separated. Looking at their backs as they left, Zhou Cheng felt that this winter was a little too cold.

It was almost dawn when I got home and finally lay down on the bed I hadn't seen for a long time.

Zhou Cheng felt like he was immersed in icy sea water. The biting coldness wrapped around his neck and chest like a water snake, making it difficult for him to breathe. He struggled to swim upwards, but the surface of the water was covered with a thick layer of ice. The coldness penetrated deep into his bones, and the feeling of suffocation became stronger and stronger. No matter how hard he tried, he could not break free from the confinement. At this time, something seemed to be running quickly on the ice, shaking the ice surface to loosen. Just when Zhou Cheng felt that he was about to faint, the ice above his head cracked, and he tried his best to stick his head out.

Zhou Cheng opened his eyes and breathed deeply. The room was dark. He looked at the ceiling. The damp and cold feeling still existed. When he slowly adjusted his breathing, he found that the ice pack he had applied to his face before going to bed had melted. The water flowed down his neck to his chest and back.

I was so busy every day before that I had no time to feel sad. Now that I have some free time, some negative emotions can't be stopped from pouring in. Zhou Cheng took a few deep breaths and tried to pull himself out.

But the reality is that everyone around me is moving forward, and only I am stuck where I am.